Hampstead Wetland 23Jan26

From KH

A juvenile OHB was hanging out on a flowering tree at Hampstead Wetland today.

Male Oriental Pied-Hornbill being shy.

Blue-throated Bee-eater out in full force, four in one.

This one preferred to be alone on Sea Almond infested with bagworm moth.

Punggol, Seletar Dam, Seletar East 17Feb24

From KH

As JS had not seen the Little Green-Pigeon, we went to Punggol 17th Ave again. Danny and JS reached earlier and I reached later. No LGP, but Black-thighed Falconet was still around.

Asian Honey Bees were attracted to the flowers of Manila Palm.

Lesser Banded Hornet (Vespa affinis) nest and Tropical Tiger Moth (Asota caricae)

We then went to Seletar Dam for wader-watching, but only got 3 Common Greenshanks and 1 Common Sandpiper.

Lastly, sniping at Seletar End. Here's a snipe.

Here's a White Leadtree that's common along the peripheral of the grass field.

Marina East 04Jun23

From KH

Danny and I went to Marina East again. Malaysian Plover couple were on the breakwater.

The usual Little and Medium Egrets in the wet field.

Breeding male Baya Weaver also came to the wet field to perch on Neptunia plena.

The introduced Brown Anole.

Triangular-striped Moth. How many triangles do you see?

Dairy Farm, Hindhede 25Feb23

From KH

Danny and I started at Dairy Farm Nature Park today. We didn't do very well for birds, but we got lots of other animals.

Stingless bees nesting

Ropalidia stigma wasp. Common Flashwing damselfly

Episteme vetula moth. Caterpillar of some sort

Black-kneed Meadow Katydid nymph

Helicarionidae snail. Fejervarya frog

Next, Hindhede Nature Park. Oriental Darter was in the quarry as usual.

Sunda Colugo resting on tree and Common Treeshrew foraging on ground, as usual.

Not so usual, Lua's Cricket.

Hampstead Wetland 30Dec21

From KH

I went to Hampstead Wetland today.

The highlight was this Buffy Fish-Owl with all its antics. Here you see it staring back at me and showing me its kungfu stance: standing on one leg with a wing stretched out.

In this video, it was preening itself until a feather came off!

Lucky fish, it's too small for the owl.

I was focusing on the hoverfly and didn't realize there were ants in the curled leaves!

A couple of bugs: Cosmolestes pictipes and Ricanula pulverosa.

Here's a couple of dragonflies: Oriental Blue Dasher and Spine-tufted Skimmer. What are those eggs on the dasher's perch?

A damselfly: Ornate Coraltail and a spider: Carrhotus viduus.

Many of these critters were hiding in the Broadleaf Carpetgrass.

After that, I dropped by Seletar End to look-see, but there wasn't much. Only got Geometrical Lines and mating grass yellows.

Pasir Ris Park 05Dec21

From KH

A short afternoon stroll in Pasir Ris Park did not turn up anything unusual, but nice to get this Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

This stilt-legged fly

And this moth.

Petai Trail, Lor Halus 27Nov21

From KH

News of rarities came fast and furious: Amur Falcon at Lorong Halus and Pale-legged Leaf Warbler at Petai Trail. Which to go for? Headed to Petai Trail in the morning to try for the Singapore-first warbler of course!

Sadly no Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, but got a Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (5 kHz call vs the former's 6 kHz).

And an Arctic Warbler.

Here's a Saturn.

Here's a caterpillar.

What are these plants?

Next stop, Halus for the Amur Falcon. Can you believe it, it's favourite hiding place is the scaffold on the flat under construction!

After lunch, it's back to Petai for another try for the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler. Bingo, got a recording but no sight.

Here's a shy Arctic Warbler.

And a not-so-shy Greater Racket-tailed Drongo.

Epiphytic algae on tree.